Real life poetry is based on real life, and the real life behind this poem is obviously that of my daughter’s. But her life is also […]
Complaining about the government is an art form as old as cave painting. But these limericks about politics in America take a fresh, new approach to […]
The limerick is a relatively simple form of poetry. It has five lines in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme together; and the third […]
Anyone who’s ever watched a flower being pollenated will have a hard time resisting the temptation to write a series of limericks about gardening. Nowhere is […]
Not every collection of poetry includes a chapter of Limericks about the Bible. And that’s unfortunate. Perhaps we can blame the patriarchy. There’s a long and […]
It was summer vacation, and my daughter and I were spending a string of lazy days together. Some of it was what you might call homeschooling. […]